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03/07/2009
Bank Staff Threatened With Machete
A bank in Co Tipperary was robbed this morning.
Gardaí said nobody was physically injured in the incident but staff were very shocked.
It happened at the AIB branch in the village of Clogheen which was held-up around 10.30am this morning by two men, one carrying a machete.
Dressed in overalls, the pair entered the bank, threatened staff and locked them in a room while the robbery took place.
An undisclosed quantity of money was stolen.
(BMcC/JM)
Gardaí said nobody was physically injured in the incident but staff were very shocked.
It happened at the AIB branch in the village of Clogheen which was held-up around 10.30am this morning by two men, one carrying a machete.
Dressed in overalls, the pair entered the bank, threatened staff and locked them in a room while the robbery took place.
An undisclosed quantity of money was stolen.
(BMcC/JM)
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